Alejandro Barranco told CNN Monday that his father, Narciso Barranco, was detained by federal agents Saturday afternoon while working as a landscaper at an IHOP in Santa Ana, California. The 25-year-old Marine veteran said his father was born in Mexico and has lived in the US since the 90s. He is undocumented but has no criminal record, his son said.
As someone that spent 7 years in the US military, I’m gonna say I doubt this very much. The vast majority of soldiers, seamen, airmen, and marines I interacted with during my time in voted for Trump’s first term, and most were vocally praising him. Anecdotally, your observation holds no water. Do you have a source for that?
To clarify: By “surprising number” I did not intend to mean “majority”.
My sources are both anecdotal (definitely biased by having lived in W. WA as well as mainly knowing people who enlisted circa 2004 or were retired NCOs) as well as surveys. I was able to find a decent list of surveys for the last ~15 years here.
Basically, yes, right-wing does likely still outnumber center-left but, as of 5 years ago, it looks to be by a smaller margin.